Mind Sports South Africa made an announcement this morning that the Battlefield 3 National Team that will be representing this country in Clanbase's "Nations Cup" has been finalised.

The MWEB GameZone team would like to congratulate the following members on their selection:

Battlefield 3 Team South Africa for PC

Name

Trials Team (Clan)

Club

Area of residency

Jean 'wraithfiend' Barendse

Bravado Gaming (SSG)

Knight Mind Sports Club

George

Michael 'SilenceRbb' Belmonte

ADHOC

Knight Mind Sports Club

Vereeniging

Craven 'enigma-shifty' Buitendach

Bravado Gaming

Knight Mind Sports Club

Fourways

Theuns 'Alpha-Renji' Louw

ASF (NSD)

Advanced Special Forces

Wynberg

Barry ;Anthr4xZA' Louzada

Bravado Gaming

Knight Mind Sports Club

Fourways

Sean 'Scoper' McCalgan

Bravado Gaming

Knight Mind Sports Club

Lonehill

Rogan '5abre' Mocke

Bravado Gaming

Knight Mind Sports Club

Ballito

Thomas ' Steigerz' Reid

Bravado Gaming

Knight Mind Sports Club

Germiston

Dean ' HackeM' Seyfried

Bravado Gaming

Knight Mind Sports Club

Fairmead

Lyle ' Grizzlah' Thuynsma

Bravado Gaming (SSG)

Knight Mind Sports Club

Port Elizabeth

Daniel 'Crincler1' Towse

Bravado Gaming

Knight Mind Sports Club

Milnerton

Danie ' couch' Zwarts

Bravado Gaming

Knight Mind Sports Club

Clubview

According to the announcement by Mind Sports South Africa, Barry Louzada, the team captain deserves a special mention as he will be entitled to wear the coveted Honours Badge, as this is the third time that he will be receiving National Federation Colours. Furthermore, he is only the fifth eSports player to have qualified for this award. Well done, Barry!

The team will face Russia as their first opponents as part of their draw in Group C in the competition. The full listing of teams that make up Group C are as follows:

Team Bulgaria

Team Germany

Team Indonesia

Team Israel

Team Russian Federation

Team Spain

Team South Africa

BF3 Team ZA Match Fixtures

RSA vs Russia 4-11 February

RSA vs Spain 11-18 February

RSA vs Indonesia 18-25 February

RSA vs Bulgaria 25 February - 4 March

RSA vs Germany 4-11 March

RSA vs Israel 11-18 March

Those are the weeks when the games will be held. As soon as the matches are finalised, we'll post the exact times and dates. Where possibly, we'll try to post the blow-by-blow results via out Twitter account.